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09/15/05

News 7 Mornin'

SS=Fatal Accident We have some traffic information to
Traffic Alert Banner pass along.

Alleghany County authorities are on the
scene of a fatal tractor trailer
accident.

It happened just after 2 A-M on
Interstate 64 at milemarker 8.

Officials say the tractor trailer went
over the overpass and landed on Indian
Draft Road. As a result, Indian Draft
Road at the Callahan end is closed.
Also, the right lane of of I-64 east is
closed. Authorities say they're not
sure how long the roads will be closed,
but they estimate it will take much of
the day to clean up the area.
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11 KMC Ophelia --- livgen Hurricane Ophel 4742 --

The Roanoke Valley Chapter of the
American Red Cross has scheduled extra

training sessions to accomodate a
growing number of people who want to
participate in the agency's relief
efforts.

In the wake of Katrina, the Red
Cross has prepared more than 150 new
volunteers here, and more are expected.
SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ=this response has been unbelievable

*CG 2line Marygrace Cantilo
Volunteer Services Director
:00

*CG 2line Connie Duquette
Prospective Red Cross Volunteer MARYGRACE CANTILO/VOLUNTEER SERVICES
:10 DIRECTOR: THIS RESPONSE HAS BEEN
UNBELIEVABLE. WE NORMALLY GET A FEW
CALLS A WEEK. WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING 50
TO 60 CALLS A DAY.

CONNIE DUQUETTE/PROSPECTIVE VOLUNTEER:
DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS NOW AND IN
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA THEY REALLY
NEED HELP . I MEAN IT'S JUST BEEN A
TERRIBLE MESS FRANKLY, AND I THINK THE
RED CROSS DOES A LOT OF VALUABLE WORK,
AND YOU HOPE TO PITCH IN? AND I HOPE I
CAN HELP.
RUNS=20 (END SOT)

A Tech graduate, he's had season
tickets since the early 80's. ((shot of
tickets at 9:25))

But soon he'll move from the stands
to a life of luxury.
SOT FULL :41 SOT FULL

INQ=Just the amenities BILLY VINYARD/HOKIES FAN: JUST THE

AMENITIES ARE GOING TO BE REALLY NICE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A FIRST CLASS WAY TO
WATCH A FOOTBALL GAME.
RUN04 (END SOT)

OQ=a football game Vinyard and four of his friends

chipped in to buy one of the new luxury
suites at Lane Stadium.

But they can't use it for at least
the first two home games because the
westside expansion is still not
finished.
SOT FULL 2:14 SOT FULL

INQ=I am sure Jim Weaver BILLY VINYARD: I AM SURE THAT JIM

WEAVER AND TOM GABBARD ARE JUST BEYOND
THEMSELVES. IT'S JUST A HORRIBLE

PROBLEM BUT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
RUN09 (END SOT)

OQ=to deal with it Eleven hundred fans in all will have

to deal with it.

Virginia Tech plans to re-locate them
to four locations around the stadium.

Some will have club seats, others
will be back in the bleachers.
SOT FULL 55:17 SOT FULL

INQ=Very very very few TOM GABBARD/ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS: VERY VERY VERY
FEW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN NEGATIVE ABOUT IT.
MOST OF IT HAS CAN YOU TAKE CARE OF ME
BECAUSE I CAN'T manuver AROUND THE
STADIUM LIKE I USED TO, IT'S THAT KIND
OF ISSUE AS OPPOSED I DIDN'T GET THE
SEAT I HOPE TO GET.
RUN14 (END SOT)

OQ=I HOPE TO GET But how long will fans have to wait

before the suites are finished?
SOT FULL 1:00:43 SOT FULL

INQ=I think everyone TOM GABBARD: I THINK EVERYONE WILL

HAVE THEIR OWN BY THE END OF THE YEAR
THAT WOULD BE MY GUESS, HOPEFULLY
EARLIER THAN THAT.
RUN07 (END SOT)

OQ=earlier than that Billy Vinyard hopes its really soon

but for now he's not complaining.
SOT FULL 1:06 SOT FULL

INQ=When this is all BILLY VINYARD: WHEN THIS IS ALL SAID

AND DONE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ONE OF
THE NICEST STADIUMS IN THE UNITED
STATES AND THAT'S GOING TO BE QUITE A
HONOR.
RUN07 (END SOT)

OQ=quite a honor

SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ= JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: VIRGINIA TECH

SAYS AFFECTED FANS WILL EVENTUALLY GET
SOME SORT OF REFUND, WHETHER IT'S MONEY
OR CREDIT TOWARDS NEXT YEAR. TO HELP
MAKE AMENDS, TECH PRESIDENT CHARLES
STEGER HAS INVITED THOSE FANS TO A
TAILGATE PARTY BEFORE AND AFTER THE
GAME. JUSTIN McLEOD, NEWS 7.
RUNS= (END SOT)>>

Officials with Roanoke Gas
company say most customers will pay 20
to 30 percent more this year.

About three-quarters of the
region's natural gas supply comes from
the Gulf states.
SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=

*CG 2line John Williamson
Roanoke Gas Company CEO 14:42Its similar to what you saw in the
case of gasoline. You're already high.
Katrina hit and bumped it to another
order of magnitude. In the case of
gasoline, weve seen that back down
substantially.14:55
RUNS=13 (END SOT)

OQ=...back down substantially."

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Officials with Roanoke Gas say,
like gasoline, the price of natural gas
will eventually come down.
(END VO) (END VO)

WE WOULD HAVE DIALED UP TO 960 PHONES
IN AN HOUR WITH THAT SORT OF MESSAGE.
RUN04 (END SOT)

OQ= "Reverse 911" is intended

primarily for localized emergencies: a
water main break, a chemical spill, a
big fire.

Emergency Management Coordinator
Joe Coyle can pinpoint the location,
draw a line around the area, and at the
push of a button the phone rings in
each home in the affected area.

If no one answers, emergency
personnel would be dispatched to those
homes where the system got no answer.
SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ= 3:01:40

IT COULD BE JUST A FEW HOMES, OR AN
ENTIRE BLOCK, SEVERAL SQUARE BLOCKS,
HOWEVER, COYLE IS PREPARED TO EVACUATE
THE ENTIRE CITY WITH THIS SYSTEM.
RUN08 (END SOT)

OQ=

SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ= 2:27:12

PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO HAVE TO
EVACUATE THE ENTIRE CITY. BUT IF WE
DID. IF WE DID, REVERSE 911 HAS A
PROCEDURE FOR THAT.

BUT INSTEAD OF LAUNCHING IT FROM HERE,
I WOULD SEND IT TO THEM, TO THEIR
24-HOUR SERVICE CENTER. AND THEY GRAB A
BANK OF THOUSANDS OF PHONE LINES AROUND
THE COUNTRY. BASED ON THEIR DATA BASE
OF OUR CITY, ABOUT 95,000 FOLKS HERE,
THEY COULD MAKE THE ENTIRE NOTIFICATION
IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
RUN21 (END SOT)

VO-NAT VO-NAT

The city plans to inaugurate the
system next week.

If you live in Roanoke, your home
phone is already listed in the data
base. If you use a cell phone as your
home phone number, the city's emergency
management coordinator encourages
residents to register their cell phone
numbers on-line.

Keith Humphry, News 7.>>
WIPE TO APRISA APRISA
Shannon's Mic hot For a link to the city web site,
go to our web page at W-D-B-J
7-dot-com, click on web sites in the

Traffic Alert Banner Alleghany County authorities are on the
scene of a fatal tractor trailer
accident.

It happened just after 2 A-M on
Interstate 64 at mile marker 8.

Officials say the tractor trailer went
over the overpass and landed on Indian
Draft Road. As a result, Indian Draft
Road at the Callahan end is closed.
Also, the right lane of I-64 east is
closed. Authorities say they're not
sure how long the roads will be closed,
but they estimate it will take much of
the day to clean up the area.
* ------------------ Traffic Alert B e106,e10--
MODIFIED: MOD BY: ED. BTAPE TIMECODE WR BACKTIMEREAD:SOT: TOTALEP -------
09/15/2005 0kortiz 360:11 0:00 0:00 0:00 --------
31 KMC 2-Ophelia --- livgen Hurricane Ophel 4742 --
MODIFIED: MOD BY: ED. BTAPE TIMECODE WR BACKTIMEREAD:SOT: TOTALEP -------
09/15/2005 0pold none 360:11 0:30 1:50 2:20 --------
ANCHOR ON CAM KIMBERLY ON CAM
GRAPHIC=Ophelia Hurricane Ophelia is still taking

her time-- and that has coastal North
Carolina residents and officials
worried that the lingering storm will
bring heavy flooding.

Hurricane warnings continue from
Surf City, North Carolina, to the
Virginia border.

Ophelia's already dropped a foot of
rain in some areas, and left 120-
thousand customers in the dark.

Meanwhile, FEMA has dispatched 250
workers to the region-- ready to help.

DOUBLE BOXES=Kimberly/Jennifer DOUBLE BOXES

Jennifer Donelan is in Atlantic
Beach, North Carolina this morning, and
joins us now with the latest on
Hurricane Ophelia.
LIVE=NEWSPATH (LIVE FULL)

THAT'S RELIED ON TOBACCO, TEXTILES AND
FURNITURE. IF WE'RE GOING TO COUNT ON
TAX REVENUES FROM THOSE INDUSTRIES TO
SUPPORT SERVICES IN THOSE REGIONS WE'RE
GOING TO FIND THAT WE'RE BADLY
DISAPPOINTED.
RUNS=12 (END SOT)

OQ=find that we're badly disappointed.

VO-NAT VO-NAT (:06)

Kilgore supports a plan that
would allow southside students to
acquire degrees in less than three
years.
SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=We ought to make sure

While most Hokie fans are excited,
some will be disappointed.
ENG#=3 VO-NAT

VO-NAT Eleven hundred fans will be displaced

because Lane Stadium's westside
expansion is still not ready.

Billy Vinyard is one of the owners of
the new luxury suites.

He's disappointed but not necessarily
upset by the delays.
SOT FULL 4:18 SOT FULL
INQ=It's definetely the

*CG 2line Billy Vinyard
Luxury Suite Owner BILLY VINYARD/LUXURY SUITE OWNER: IT'S
DEFINITELY THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE
SUITES IS A LOT BETTER BUT I'VE SAT IN
THE STANDS SINCE THE EARLY 1970'S SO
IT'S NO BIG DEAL. I JUST WANT TO SEE

THE HOKIES WIN.
RUNS=10 (END SOT)

OQ=the hokies win

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Affected fans will be displaced for
at least the first two home games.

Beyond that, Virginia Tech is not
saying.

The university plans to refund those
fans.

It's unclear whether it will be money
or credit for next year's suites.
(END VO) (END VO)

seems that every other day some one
sends me the investment opportunity of
a life time in my e-mail. Unfortunitly
its one of the most common Internet
stock frauds called the "pump and
dump". Here's how it works:
Take E-Mail Picture E-mails and chat rooms will suddenly
tout a company - usually a penny stock-
as the latest "hot tip" and urge you
you to buy in quickly.

Unwitting investors then purchase the
stock in droves, creating high demand
and pumping up the price. Then the
fraudsters behind the scheme sell their
shares at the peak and stop hyping the

stock. The price plummets, and
investors lose their money.The SEC
suggests you do the following before
investing in any stock:
Take- "Consider the source " Consider the source. When you see an
offer on the Internet, assume it is a
scam, until you can prove through your
own research that it is legitimate.
Take- "Find Out Where the Stock Trades" Find Out Where the Stock Trades. Many
of the smallest and most thinly traded
stocks used in scams are traded in the
Over the Counter Market. OTC stocks
are generally the most risky and most
susceptible to manipulation
Take- "Independently Verify Claims" Independently Verify Claims. Before you
invest make sure the company's claims
about its financial health are true.
Take- "Research the Opportunity " Research the Opportunity. Always ask
for - and carefully read - the
prospectus or current financial
statements. Check the SEC's EDGAR
database to see whether the investment
is registered. Some smaller companies
don't have to register their securities
offerings with the SEC, so always check
with your state securities regulator as
well.
Take- "Always be Skeptical" Always be Skeptical. Whenever someone
you don't know offers you a hot stock

tip, ask yourself: Why me? Why is this
stranger giving me this tip? How will
he or she benefit if I buy?
Steve on Camera Steve on Camera

My hot stock tip for you?- Don't
believe the e-mail hype.
e511 You can get more information on
internet stock fraud by going to our
web site at WDBJ7.com and clicking on
websites in the news.
Steve COLD toss to Kim

Hurricane Katrina, sometimes even the
simplest gesture can make a world of
difference.
ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Danville

That's the idea behind a Danville
teenager's effort to send teddy bears
to children displaced by the storm.

Bethany Bidgood has been giving
donated bears to children at a local
domestic violence shelter for two
years.

Now she wants to expand the effort
to include the youngest Katrina
victims.

SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=I'm personally

*CG 2line Bethany Bidgood
"Give A Kid A Bear" 19:10:57 BETHANY BIDGOOD/GIVE A KID A
BEAR: I'M PERSONALLY HOPING THAT THE
BEARS WILL ACTUALLY GIVE THEM A LOT OF
COMFORT. AND BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I WAS
LITTLE, THE BEARS WOULD GIVE ME A LOT
OF COMFORT. SO I'M HOPING THAT'S WHAT
THEY WILL DO, AFTER THEY'VE LOST
EVERYTHING, THEY'LL HAVE SOMETHING THAT
THEY CAN HOLD ON TO.
RUNS=19 (END SOT)

OQ=can hold on to.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Bidgood is looking for donations
to help buy and ship the bears.
WIPE TO APRISA WIPE TO APRISA

You can find information about her
project on our website. Go to
WDBJ7-dot-com and click on "Websites in
the News."
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Kimberly on cam

Stay with us, News 7 Mornin' will be
right back.
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SS=Fatal Accident Alleghany County authorities are on
Traffic Alert Banner the scene of a fatal tractor trailer
accident.

It happened just after 2 A-M on
Interstate 64 at milemarker 8.

Officials say the tractor trailer went
over the overpass and landed on Indian
Draft Road. As a result, Indian Draft
Road at the Callahan end is closed.
Also, the right lane of I-64 east is
closed. No word on when they'll
re-open.

While most Hokie fans are excited
about this weekend's home opener, some

will be disappointed.
ENG#=3 VO-NAT

VO-NAT Eleven hundred fans will be displaced

because Lane Stadium's westside
expansion is still not ready.

Billy Vinyard is one of the owners of
the new luxury suites.

He's disappointed but not necessarily
upset by the delays.
SOT FULL 4:18 SOT FULL
INQ=It's definetely the

*CG 2line Billy Vinyard
Luxury Suite Owner BILLY VINYARD/LUXURY SUITE OWNER: IT'S
DEFINITELY THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE
SUITES IS A LOT BETTER BUT I'VE SAT IN
THE STANDS SINCE THE EARLY 1970'S SO
IT'S NO BIG DEAL. I JUST WANT TO SEE
THE HOKIES WIN.
RUNS=10 (END SOT)

OQ=the hokies win

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Affected fans will be displaced for
at least the first two home games.

Beyond that, Virginia Tech is not
saying.

The university plans to refund those
fans.

It's unclear whether it will be money
or credit for next year's suites.
(END VO) (END VO)

The Roanoke Valley Chapter of the
American Red Cross has scheduled extra
training sessions to accomodate a
growing number of people who want to
participate in the agency's relief
efforts.

In the wake of Katrina, the Red
Cross has prepared more than 150 new
volunteers here, and more are expected.

SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ=this response has been unbelievable

*CG 2line Marygrace Cantilo
Volunteer Services Director
:00

*CG 2line Connie Duquette
Prospective Red Cross Volunteer MARYGRACE CANTILO/VOLUNTEER SERVICES
:10 DIRECTOR: THIS RESPONSE HAS BEEN
UNBELIEVABLE. WE NORMALLY GET A FEW
CALLS A WEEK. WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING 50
TO 60 CALLS A DAY.

CONNIE DUQUETTE/PROSPECTIVE VOLUNTEER:
DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS NOW AND IN
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA THEY REALLY
NEED HELP . I MEAN IT'S JUST BEEN A
TERRIBLE MESS FRANKLY, AND I THINK THE
RED CROSS DOES A LOT OF VALUABLE WORK,
AND YOU HOPE TO PITCH IN? AND I HOPE I
CAN HELP.
RUNS=20 (END SOT)

Katrina are finding a new temporary
home in Southside.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Danville

Officials with the Danville Humane
Society traveled to Winston Salem to
pick up ten dogs and cats that had been
rescued from the storm-ravaged area.

The animals will be cared for in
Danville until new homes can be found
for them.

Shelter director Paulette Dean
hopes the tragedy of the hurricane will
convince emergency officials to let
people bring their animals with them
next time.
SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=I think localities

*CG 2line Paulette Dean
Danville Humane Society 19:18:23 PAULETTE DEAN/DANVILLE HUMANE
SOCIETY: I THINK LOCALITIES ARE GOING
TO REALIZE THAT PEOPLE REALLY WILL NOT
EVACUATE IF THEY CANNOT TAKE THEIR PETS
AND MORE AND MORE SHELTERS I BELIEVE
AND I PREDICT WILL ACCEPT PETS.
RUNS=12 (END SOT)

OQ=will accept pets.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Dean hopes families who had to
leave their pets behind are comforted
by the thought that their animals may
be safe and in a new home.
(END VO) (END VO)